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Digital Forensics · 2014

PDF Forensics and Analysis | Kapil Soni

Quick Startup Guide for Beginners to Professionals

PDF Forensics and Analysis is a compact, practical guide to one of the most common malware delivery formats. It breaks down the internal structure of a PDF, shows how attackers hide code and payloads inside documents, and walks through the tools and techniques to safely dissect a suspicious file. Built to take a reader from beginner to confident analyst without wading through unnecessary theory.

What you'll learn

  • The internal structure of the PDF file format
  • How malicious PDFs embed and obfuscate payloads
  • Tools and workflow for safely analyzing suspicious documents
  • Extracting and interpreting embedded scripts and objects

Who it's for

Beginner to professional malware analysts, SOC analysts, and digital forensics investigators.

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Kapil Soni

Bug bounty hunter, penetration tester, and vulnerability researcher.

Bug bounty hunter, penetration tester, and vulnerability researcher. Founder of Xowia Technologies. In infosec since 2012.

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